Object card·SAL_2935·1967

Head of the Great Goddess with calathos, Campanopetra

Head of the Great Goddess with calathos, Campanopetra
Object card: 1967. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_2935. "Head of the Great Goddess with calathos, Campanopetra". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

Object card

English, translated from the French record

Classical terracotta head of the Great Goddess with calathos (SAL_2935), Campanopetra, square K V/ζ1, inventory Tc_0938; H. 5.6 cm. Complete head without the neck, beige-pink fabric, solid mould-made. Worn, with traces of the brow arches, an oval face with effaced features, straight nose, round chin, and traces of earrings; the calathos is decorated with a row of 4 or 5 large flat pastilles covering two-thirds of its height, and a fragment of its left side panel survives. 7 October 1967.

French, as on the record

chantier : Campanopétra epoque : Classique forme : La grande déesse à Calathos objet : Tête conservées type :Têtes avec coiffe carre : K V/ζ1 caracterique : Calathoi décorés en relief num planche : PL_02 traces des arcades sourcilières usure. H. 5,6. Visage ovale aux traits effacés diapositives : C_2795 inv objet : Tc_0938 inv tessons : Tc_0938 negatif : 02369_05 pub : SAL_PUB_139892_XIV_CAT_14_0058_p_0046 décor : une rangée de 4 ou 5 grandes pastilles plates, couvrant les 2/3 de sa hauteur (on ne voit plus que celles de gauche) nez droit, menton rond. Cheveux en bourrelet frontal continu, à peine visible. Calathos court, au bord inférieur indisctinct reste d'un pan latéral à gauche. Traces de pendants d'oreilles. Tête complète, sans le cou. Pâte beige rosé. Moulée pleine

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